Samuel da el ing



SAMUEL Dalmine, vor BANGOR, MAIN-u.

Letters Paten-telve. 73,956, dated February 4, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT 1N PEN-wirres.

.dige rlgetule :stemt tuy in tlgttetrttert tant mit mating @mi` ti vtip time...

T0 ALL WHOM IT .MAY CONCERN:

` Be it known that I, SAMUEL DAnLINc, ofy Bangor, in the State qt' Maine, have-nventedcertain Improve ments in Pen-Wipers; and I do hereby declare that the'following, taken in connection with the drawings which accompany and form part oi' this specification, is a description of myinvention suiiicient to enable those skilledI in the art to practise it. Y

The bject of this invention is tovprovide a simple, compact, and eiiicent means for readily cleaning a pen, and wherebyit may be dipped in water, cleansed of itsink, and wiped dry, whilst also the brush or other article upon which the ink may be wiped will be more or less self-cleaning; and it lconsists of a cup or water-vessel, within'which is a stationary brush, or a circular brush, free to revolveupon a slight touch of the pen; and also of a reel, upon which the peu may be wiped, and which is so arranged that it may, at will, present a 'resh-wiping-A4 surface for the pen. In the drawings accompanying this specicatiou, andwhich illustrate one of many forms inwhichmy invention may be embodied-F Figure 1 represents a. top view,

Figure 2 .a transverse section, and v Figure 3 an end view of the apparatus ready for use, the brushl in tig.` 2 n ot being shown in section.

A represents a water-tight vessel, partially Iilled with-water, as shown at B, in tig. .2. This vesselis preicrably made in a cylindrical form, except the portion C, which is a projecting portion'of the cup, and which I haveshown as a. smaller cylinder, cutting or intersecting the larger oneiand forming part of the cup. The object of this projection or bulge in the cup is to allow suiiicient room for the pen to' dip into the water without necessarily touching the brush D iu its descent. The bottom 'ot' this vessel, or the base to which it'maybe secured, I make so as to project beyond the vessel, 'as shpwu at E, and upon this extension of thebase I secure {rmly the reel, hereinafter described." F, iig. 1, is the cover, so made, in any well-known manner, as that it will firmly hold its place when properly put on. Tothe under side oi' this cover, as also to the inside ofthe bottom of the cup, is soldered or `otherwiseiirmly secured a drilled centre-piece, G, each of which is designed to receive one end of theA axis of the circular brush H, and in which it should be so held, when the cover is on, aste be free to revolve easily upon a slight touch given to the brush. This axis may stand vertically, and thus cause'the brush t0 revolve in a horizontal plane; but as this would require the brush to be made thicker, and' would also keep the opposite sidesV equally immersed iu the water, it is not so desirable as to give to the axis an inclination of some thirty degrees, more or less, from a vertical line, in order that when the water is at proper height the part of thebrush which is lowcstvmay be immersed, while the part that is highest may be nearly or quite out oi water. To eiiectthis the pieces G have 4simply to be secured in a correspondingly inclined position, and 4the lower one to be placed at the lett, and the upper one toA the right, of a vertical line drawn through the centre ofl the cup. The diameter of the brush should be but little less 'than Ithat of the cup, so

as to be readily accessible to the pen, asshown at I, where it is visible underneath the curved space K, cut

out from the lid, to admit ofthe rubbing ot the pen against the brush. i Upon removing the cover to cleanse the vessel, or for any other purpose, it immediately becomes disengaged from the brush, and the brush disengaged from the vessel. I have made one end of the axis longer than the other; this enables me to tilt the brush tothe degree desired without touching the bottom, andhenceavoid the liability of the'brush to come in contact with and take up again the sediment or deposit which has previously been washedV out ofrit or the pen. The pen-wiper L iscomposed of two similar upright frames, M, bothsecured to the base E. In eachframe is firmly secured acentre or axis, N, of a reel, O, of three or more arms. 'The outer endI of this axis'has a thread tol receive a nut, P, for the purpose :of tightening cr loosening the same, frictiou-washers, of leather or other suitable material, being interposed between the'reel and the uprights. A strip or ribbon of wash-leather, buckskin, or other suitable material, is wound tightly upon both reels, butin opposite directions, andthe screw-nuts are Aso adjusted ns that the strip will hold. its position as firmly as desired.

In order to clean a peu, the better mode is as follows: The pen should rst be dipped into the water, to rinse oi the looser portions o:` ink, and in the act of being withdrawn held so that itwill rub against the brush and he still further cleaned, end by thus giving to the brush a partial rotation, cause a portion ofv it which had previously been in the water to rise above it, anda portion which had been above to be immersed,

thus constantly bringing up a freshly-washed part, vand' carrying under a part needing to be washed. "The pen being thus rinsed and cleaned, may next, if desired, he wiped dry upon the reel.

When a stationary brush is used instead of a revolving one, it maybe of any desired form, and held in c place, in any convenient way, within the water-vesselg but it should be more or less immersed in.the water.

, The whole arrangement is simpl'e'and compact, and supplies agreat need, vi'z,v a means for self-cleaning or vrinsing the pen-cleaner, and also ameans for leaving the pen dry, then'holeV operation being almost instantaneous.l The wash-leather may be long enough to last a; great nihile without washing or renewal, a fresh, clean surface beingA always presentable to the pen, until the reel has run out.

' I claim as my improvements in pen-cleaners 1. A pen-cleaning apparatus v'soconstructe'd as that 'the penA may be irst -dipped in water, and then he cleaned against a brush hungfi'ee to revolve, substantially as set forth;

2. The combination, with awatencup or vessel, of a circular brush, free to revolve therein, as and for the purpose described.

v3. The combination, with such a cup, of a revolvable brush, .set at an angle with the cup, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. The `removable cover, having secured thereon one ci' the hearings or centres for the brush.

5. The combination, vvith a penq-vashenof a wiping-reel, as and for the purposes described.

6.: A pen-cleaner 'having a brush, circular or otherwise, to be used wet or dry, in'comhination' witha wiper, made of wash-leather, cloth, yor their equivalents, for the purposeherein set forth.

` SAMUEL DARLING.

Witnesses:

A. lL. SmPsoN, l A JOHN E. HALL. f 

